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Once a task has been scheduled * for execution on a {@code Timer} or cancelled, subsequent attempts to * schedule it for execution will throw {@code IllegalStateException}. * * @author Josh Bloch * @since 1.3 */public abstract class TimerTask implements Runnable { /** * This object is used to control access to the TimerTask internals. */ final Object lock = new Object(); /** * The state of this task, chosen from the constants below. */ int state = VIRGIN; /** * This task has not yet been scheduled. */ static final int VIRGIN = 0; /** * This task is scheduled for execution. If it is a non-repeating task, * it has not yet been executed. */ static final int SCHEDULED = 1; /** * This non-repeating task has already executed (or is currently * executing) and has not been cancelled. */ static final int EXECUTED = 2; /** * This task has been cancelled (with a call to TimerTask.cancel). */ static final int CANCELLED = 3; /** * Next execution time for this task in the format returned by * System.currentTimeMillis, assuming this task is scheduled for execution. * For repeating tasks, this field is updated prior to each task execution. */ long nextExecutionTime; /** * Period in milliseconds for repeating tasks. A positive value indicates * fixed-rate execution. A negative value indicates fixed-delay execution. * A value of 0 indicates a non-repeating task. */ long period = 0; /** * Creates a new timer task. */ protected TimerTask() { } /** * The action to be performed by this timer task. */ public abstract void run(); /** * Cancels this timer task. If the task has been scheduled for one-time * execution and has not yet run, or has not yet been scheduled, it will * never run. If the task has been scheduled for repeated execution, it * will never run again. (If the task is running when this call occurs, * the task will run to completion, but will never run again.) * * <p>Note that calling this method from within the {@code run} method of * a repeating timer task absolutely guarantees that the timer task will * not run again. * * <p>This method may be called repeatedly; the second and subsequent * calls have no effect. * * @return true if this task is scheduled for one-time execution and has * not yet run, or this task is scheduled for repeated execution. * Returns false if the task was scheduled for one-time execution * and has already run, or if the task was never scheduled, or if * the task was already cancelled. (Loosely speaking, this method * returns {@code true} if it prevents one or more scheduled * executions from taking place.) */ public boolean cancel() { synchronized(lock) { boolean result = (state == SCHEDULED); state = CANCELLED; return result; } } /** * Returns the <i>scheduled</i> execution time of the most recent * <i>actual</i> execution of this task. (If this method is invoked * while task execution is in progress, the return value is the scheduled * execution time of the ongoing task execution.) * * <p>This method is typically invoked from within a task's run method, to * determine whether the current execution of the task is sufficiently * timely to warrant performing the scheduled activity: * <pre>{@code * public void run() { * if (System.currentTimeMillis() - scheduledExecutionTime() >= * MAX_TARDINESS) * return; // Too late; skip this execution. * // Perform the task * } * }</pre> * This method is typically <i>not</i> used in conjunction with * <i>fixed-delay execution</i> repeating tasks, as their scheduled * execution times are allowed to drift over time, and so are not terribly * significant. * * @return the time at which the most recent execution of this task was * scheduled to occur, in the format returned by Date.getTime(). * The return value is undefined if the task has yet to commence * its first execution. * @see Date#getTime() */ public long scheduledExecutionTime() { synchronized(lock) { return (period < 0 ? nextExecutionTime + period : nextExecutionTime - period); } }}